The Xlendi Cave is a relatively easy dive so it’s popular with less experienced divers. It’s usually used as a first cave dive for many locals. The walls of the cave are fascinating with various types of marine life.

You can access this dive site by swimming across Xlendi Bay (on the surface) until you see the entrance to the cave.

A very popular site with underwater photographers, you can access this dive site by boat. Fungus Rock is a large limestone rock which offers stunning swimthroughs, caverns, vertical walls, boulders and gulleys.

Scuba Diving in Gozo at Crocodile Rock

Location: Low lying rock just offshore between Dwejra Point and Fungus Rock.

Diving Conditions: Can be choppy on the surface, with surge and currents along the outer wall.

The stunning Ghasri valley is a very popular site with divers. The highlight is of course Cathedral Cave. The entrance to this cave is just 5 metres below the surface. You are then led into a large domed vault where you can surface.

You will see a few fish in the cave and the cave walls are covered in corals, hydroids and sponges. The view to the outside of the cave is simply stunning!

You can access this dive from the shore but there’s a hard climb, so it's better if you can go by boat.

Scuba Diving in Gozo at Billinghurst Cave

Location: To the west of Reqqa Point. The cave is located in the indented corner of the shoreline.

Diving Conditions: Only for experienced divers and only if the sea is flat calm because if not, inside the cave you'll most definitely experience some dangerous surge!

Dive Details: Maximum depth 35 metres (Average 20 metres) with an average visibility of 25 metres. You will need a torchlight.

This cave is essentially a long tunnel. There’s very little marine life in the cave and the cave has very little natural light. After a 50 metre swim you can surface inside the cave. This dive is strictly for experienced divers.

You can access this dive site by a 2 metre jump and then swim underwater to the cave. Exit is at Reqqa Point.

Reqqa Point

Location: This is the most northerly point of Gozo island and is a small curved low spur which juts into the sea.

Diving Conditions: This site can be choppy and thus it makes entry and exit hard. Reqqa Point is also very popular with fishermen.

At Reqqa Point, you will see a diverse range of marine life which is perhaps the main attraction of the dive. You can expect to see groupers, dentex, rays, lobsters, morays and barracudas.
You can access this dive site by going along the rocky coastal route next to the salt pans.

Scuba Diving in Gozo at Double Arch Reef

Location: Out from the headland north of Xwejni Bay.

Diving Conditions: Only dive here when it is flat calm. Only for experienced divers.

Scuba Diving in Gozo Guide Book

This very informative book is a must if you'd like to concentrate solely on Gozo.

It's got valuable information on the diving conditions there, detailed descriptions of all Gozo's dive sites and also information on Gozo's best diving schools and centres. The book is available from AMAZON

, so you're guaranteed an excellent service and a speedy delivery.

There's also a German Edition of the book entitled "Tauchen auf Gozo".